Screen and storm window



July 29. 1924. 1,503,018

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Application led October 17. 1921. Serial No. 508,160.V

To all whom it may] conce/m:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. BEECH- LER and GEORGE L. MOKAY, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Screen and Storm Window, of which the following'is a specication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a sash, adapted to contain a screen, pane of glass or other panel, and the invention aims primarily, to provide a sash which may be expanded or contracted as to dimensions, thereby enabling one sash :to cooperate with window frames of different dimensions.- Another object of the invention is to provide a window sash which may be made cheaply out of metal, the sash possessing unusual strength.

It is Within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a sashy constructed in accordance with the invention, suspended from a window frame, parts of the frame being broken away; Fig- Vure 2 is an elevation showing the sash; Figure 3 is a fragmental section through a portion of the sash, parallel to the pane or panel; Figure 4 is a, section on the line 4.-1 of Figure 2; Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 3; Figure 6 is a fragmental transverse section showing a modification; Figure 7 is a section on the line 7 -7 of Figure 2; Figure 8 is an elevation showing one of the suspension hooks.

The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of metal and includes a top member denoted generally by the numeral 1 and a bottom member denoted generally by the numeral 2.

The top member 1 and the bottom member 2 comprise, each, two L-shaped parts. These parts are'made from a metallic member, the general outline of which will be best understood from Figure 6, although that view shows .a slight modification. The metal member comprises a tubular body 3, extended inwardly to form shoulders 4: from which flanges 5 project. The body 3 is cut at a forty-five degree bevel, as indicated at 6 in Figure 3, whereas the flanges 5 are cut at right angles to the axis of the body 3. The strip or member then is folded, to bring the edges of the forty-five degree cut together, as shown in Figure 3, the inner ends of the flanges being overlapped on each other as clearly shown in that figure. The result is an L-shaped element including a stile 8 and a top rail 9 disposed at right angles thereto', the flanges being connected by'securing elements 23. The top rail 9 of one part of the member 1 is telescoped into the top rail 9 of the other part of said member, as indicated at 10, the telescoped portions beingheld by securing elements 11.

The bottom member 2 of the sash is made in the manner hereinbefore set forth and includes Stiles 12 from which bottom rails 14: project, the bottom rails being telescoped as at 15 and being held together by securing elements 16.

The midrail 17 is fashioned from strips 18 having longitudinal trough-shaped ribs 19, the strips being telescoped or overlapped on each other, as indicated at 30, there being oppositely disposed pairs of the strips 18 on opposite sides of the pane or panel hereinbefore described, the strips on opposite sides of the panel being connected by securing elements 20. The ribs 19 are extended at their ends to form fingers 21. Panes 22 are received between the flanges 5 and between the edges of the strips 18, the edges of the panes abutting against the securing elements 20 and 23, the lingers 21 at the ends of the ribs 19 being overlapped on the flanges 5 of the stiles 8-12. It is not necessary that glass or other plates be used in the making of the panel. Thus, as indicated in Figure 6, the panel may be in the form of a screen 50, through which the securing elements pass, the screen being extended outwardly, if desired, into abutment with the outer wall of the body 3, as shown at 51.

At its upper end, the top member 1 is provided with loop-shaped hangers 24 engaged with suspension hooks 25 on a window frame 26. Props 27 are pivoted to the bottom member 2 of the sash and are slidable in keepers 28 on the frame 26, the props having seats 29, adapted to be engaged with the keepers to the end that the sash may be swung outwardly, into the open position shown in Figure l of the drawings.

Reverting to the specific constructionof the sash, it will be obvious that since the const'itu'ent-portions thereof are telescoped', the sash-maybeexpanded and contracted, either f transversely r longitudinally. The result is that a single sash will lit Windows of different sizes.

The suspension hook? l0() may be provided withL a lateral finger 101, which, cooperating with thehanger 24, prevents the sash from beingvblown offy the window frame by the wind'.`

/Vhat is claimed is l. Awindow sash comprising an L-shaped memberl including a` tubular bod-y having flanges, the body being cut at a. forty-five degree bevel, andthe iianges'being cut at right angles to the. axis of the body, said member bein'gfolded to give itfthe aforesaid L-shape to bring the edges of the forty-five degree cut together, and to bring into overlapped relation the ends of the flanges formed by said Arectangular cut.

2. A sash comprising top and bottom members eachy including- L-shaped parts comprising stiles and end rails, the end rails o the L-shaped parts of each member being telescoped, and the stiles of the L-shaped parts of the top and bottom members being telescoped to permit a change in the dimensions of the sash, each L-shaped part comprising an outstanding body and flanges projecting therefrom; means for connecting the end rails of the L-shaped parts of' each member together releasably; means for connecting the stiles of the L-shaped parts of the top and bottom members together releasably; and a mid-rail comprising. telescoped parts and means for holding said parts releasably against movement, each part of the mid-rail comprising oppositely disposed strips having trough-shaped longitudinal ribs, the strips beingY cut away whereby the ends of the ribs will form projecting fingers, said fingers being overlapped upon the flanges of the stiles oi' the top and bottom members and abutting against the bodies of said members. In testimony that we claim `the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of twok witnesses.

C, F. SCHUDLICH. 

